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I've been absolutely horrible at documenting the daily and even momentous moments in my life for the past year or so. Specifically speaking, I've failed to update on last year's Lollapalooza and my trip to Europe in March. I've posted pictures on my Facebook but that's about it as far as that adventure goes. Megan and I wrote a journal while we were there to the best of our ability so I'll be able to pull direct entries from that to share.
I feel like I haven't even mentioned the fact that I graduated. The last semester was pretty mentally trying not really for the course load but the struggle to fight off senioritis. I thought that I'd be able to get a 4.0 the last semester at CSUCI but the last week of classes dashed that hope knowing that I couldn't get an A in my spanish class. I did end up getting pretty darn close with an A, two A- and a B+. Not too shabby seeing as I don't think I really tried for those A's.
Which brings me to the next step in my life, grad school. I applied to a couple of schools but only completed the process at CLU. I wasn't really blown away by any of the programs but decided to attend CLU in the Fall for my Master's in Clinical Psychology. Really the draw for the school was its location more than anything. It's a private Lutheran school in Thousand Oaks and quite expensive. Student loans are necessary. I haven't found out how in depth the program is so I'll then have to see if I can work during the program. It'd be nice to just cruise through it in a year and a half (like they say you can complete it in) without working just living on loans.
Now that I am a college graduate it's about time to start looking for a job in my field. Not that I don't enjoy my current job at the mall, there's a reason why I've been there for almost three years. I have an interview at Casa Esperanza, a mental rehabilitation center right by the Channel Islands campus as a counselor on Wednesday. From what I hear, it's an eight-teen month program to help those with mental issues get back on their feet (non-court appointed). I'm not too excited by the shifts, there's three during the day for 24 hour coverage. But it would give me an idea as to how the mental health care in the state is facilitated.
I feel like I haven't even mentioned the fact that I graduated. The last semester was pretty mentally trying not really for the course load but the struggle to fight off senioritis. I thought that I'd be able to get a 4.0 the last semester at CSUCI but the last week of classes dashed that hope knowing that I couldn't get an A in my spanish class. I did end up getting pretty darn close with an A, two A- and a B+. Not too shabby seeing as I don't think I really tried for those A's.
Which brings me to the next step in my life, grad school. I applied to a couple of schools but only completed the process at CLU. I wasn't really blown away by any of the programs but decided to attend CLU in the Fall for my Master's in Clinical Psychology. Really the draw for the school was its location more than anything. It's a private Lutheran school in Thousand Oaks and quite expensive. Student loans are necessary. I haven't found out how in depth the program is so I'll then have to see if I can work during the program. It'd be nice to just cruise through it in a year and a half (like they say you can complete it in) without working just living on loans.
Now that I am a college graduate it's about time to start looking for a job in my field. Not that I don't enjoy my current job at the mall, there's a reason why I've been there for almost three years. I have an interview at Casa Esperanza, a mental rehabilitation center right by the Channel Islands campus as a counselor on Wednesday. From what I hear, it's an eight-teen month program to help those with mental issues get back on their feet (non-court appointed). I'm not too excited by the shifts, there's three during the day for 24 hour coverage. But it would give me an idea as to how the mental health care in the state is facilitated.